Head of Estonian tax authority to begin working in private sector in January
Marek Helm, current director general of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board (MTA), will be joining the software and business consultancy company Nortal as director of the company's public finance and change management team in mid-January 2017.
According to Nortal founder and CEO Priit Alamäe, Helm has carried out extensive reforms and necessary transformations in one of the most important public authorities in Estonia for which there is strong demand globally. "Effective tax collection and transparent public finance management is becoming more relevant globally," said Alamäe in a press release. "By uniting Helm's experience with our knowledge and references, we are creating an international center of competence and export capability while preserving a recognized leader for Estonia."
Helm said that he has worked in the public sector for over 20 years and feels that the time has come to put himself to the test in the private sector. "Nortal is a company with growing ambition and international scope that exports Estonian e-government success stories," said Helm. 2I'm glad that with my expertise and experience I can contribute to the company's continuous expansion to export markets that are of great importance to Estonia."
The MTA's current director general noted that he would be handing over the management of the state authority to his successor with peace of mind. "This is a fantastic organization and a professional close-knit team that serves the Estonian society and is a great partner for taxpayers," Helm said.
"During the past few years, Nortal has made significant investments to develop internationally recognized competence in the field of complex e-government reforms," explained Nortal's CEO. "Our aim is to address a client's needs as a whole by offering holistic service concepts that include everything from legislative drafting, organization and process re-design to the implementation of new technologies and change management. Marek Helm's long-term experience in public sector reforms and creating more effective processes, where knowledge-based and well thought through change management plays an important role, fits perfectly with Nortal's plans and strategy."
Helm has led the MTA as director general from December 2011. Prior to that position, he was deputy secretary general for public governance policy at the Ministry of Finance from 2009-2011, led the founding of the joint internal security office under the Ministry of the Interior from 2007-2009, deputy secretary general for internal security of the Ministry of the Interior from 2006-2007 and director of the Ministry of the Interior's Internal Security Department in 2006. From 2004-2006, Helm held the position of deputy director general of the MTA and in 2003-2004, deputy director general of the Customs Board in the customs enforcement and pre-trial investigation fields.
Nortal is an international strategy consultancy and software solutions company focusing on e-governance, health care, telecommunications, production and logistics. It operates in nearly 20 countries and employs 530 specialists. Nortal posted sales revenue of 45 million euros in 2015.
Editor: Editor: Aili Vahtla
Source: BNS